Is difficult asthma still clinically meaningful?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 897-899

  Chanez, P ^a   Godard, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SHORT ACTING DRUG; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOSINUSITIS; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; WHEEZING; IMMUNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33847411470     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00112806     Document Type: Editorial

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